Modern foreign aid programs (and to an extent welfare policies in wealthy nations) are often criticized for being ineffective (inappropriate solutions that end up unused) or even causing harm (creating a handout mentality, putting rich foreign aid workers in a poor context and causing envy, supporting corrupt authorities).[3] This happens through a mixture of incompetence but with good intentions, and corruption.

Other critics are Mariéme Jamme of Africa gathering and Dambisa Moyo[4] Dambisa Moyo argues that a campaign to reduce poverty in a developing country should be undertaken by nationals of that country, and if this is not done, it undermines the leadership of the country's leaders.

This may also happen with the country's own wealth, in which case it is sometimes argued that this is a more important issue than how much foreign aid is given.

Aid money itself may also be subject to theft in this way. However, when the aid is given in the form of goods and services (such as mosquito netsW this is obviously impossible, or at least much more difficult.[5]

there seems to be a pervasive misunderstanding, and that is that we're already doing so much, but we're not doing what they want. And this is absolutely not the case, we're doing so little, and also not what they want. That's the point.[1]